Self-Referring to the International Criminal Court
A Continuation of War by Other Means
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4840452 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Parvathi Menon (Max Planck Institute Luxemburg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 109 |
| Pages | 260-265 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AJIL Unbound (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2398-7723 • E-ISSN: 2398-7723 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s2398772300001562 |
| OpenAlex | W2591776841 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 5 |
Weak sub-Saharan African states use international law and its institutions to legitimate their actions and delegitimate their internal enemies. In this essay, I argue that during internal armed conflicts, African states use international criminal law to redefine the conflict as international and thereby rebrand domestic political opponents as international criminals/enemies who are a threat to the entire community. This in turn sets the stage for invoking belligerent privileges under international humanitarian law (IHL
Armed conflict · Belligerent · Criminal law · Criminology · International community · International humanitarian law · International law · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |